Books with title The Impossible Rescue

Math whiz Alice Jones has already cracked a mystery or two. She's smart and she's fearless, so who else would her classmates turn to? But when a famous local scientist vanishes from a locked room, Alice and her detective skills graduate to the big leagues.Dr. Learner had been working on a top-secret invisibility suit that everyone wants. Rumor has it he's disappeared under suspicious circumstances . . . literally. But is wacky science really behind his vanishing? Or is it something more sinister? Alice won't stop until she knows the truth . . .The Impossible Clue is a middle-grade story whose appeal is no mystery, with a protagonist whose charm needs no magnifying glass to detect.

Dreamland and the Mystic Kingdoms: Book 4There are dark forces at play in Dreamland and the Mystic Kingdoms. Forces that must be stopped. Jonathan and his team know it’s impossible to stop them, but guess what? They have to do it anyway.Gods and monsters vie for power. Ancient beings against new. Somehow Jonathan and his team are caught up in the middle, and now the only way out is to do what everyone says can never be done.With the help of a giant, floating brain and a deadly flower, they push forward into the unknown. They face the demons and they battle the gods. They do what they must.This is it.The end of the journey.One way or the other.

Annabelle and her dad plan to come to the city to watch Arnie play in a soccer game, and the kids get their hopes up that their mom and dad will reconcile following their divorce announcement. But when Annabelle and Dad arrive in the city, the kids are shocked and angry to learn that both their parents are interested in dating other people. Is there any chance that the siblings' deepest wish―for their family to reunite―could still come true?

[Children's Fiction (Ages 10-12)] [Read by Kirby Heyborne] When Abby, Derick, and their friends enroll in a tournament at Cragbridge Hall, they must figure out how to succeed even when they know they are destined to fail. Every year the futuristic school, Cragbridge Hall, holds its most popular tournament - the Hunt: a series of challenges that range throughout the school and require the use of its amazing inventions like its holographic time machine! But this year is different. Rather than a monetary or academic reward, this year's winner will be the recipient of a carefully guarded school secret: a secret that could prove both powerful and dangerous. Afraid that the secret may be one of their grandfather's inventions, Abby and Derick gather several friends and enroll. But when Derick gets a mysterious message from the future, the team of friends must figure out how to succeed even when they know they are destined to fail. The stakes have never been higher. - - A page-turning, time-travel adventure that teaches powerful lessons about choice and consequence, believing you can do hard things, and valuing our history.

[Children's Fiction (Ages 10-12)] [Read by Kirby Heyborne] When Abby, Derick, and their friends enroll in a tournament at Cragbridge Hall, they must figure out how to succeed even when they know they are destined to fail. Every year the futuristic school, Cragbridge Hall, holds its most popular tournament - the Hunt: a series of challenges that range throughout the school and require the use of its amazing inventions like its holographic time machine! But this year is different. Rather than a monetary or academic reward, this year's winner will be the recipient of a carefully guarded school secret: a secret that could prove both powerful and dangerous. Afraid that the secret may be one of their grandfather's inventions, Abby and Derick gather several friends and enroll. But when Derick gets a mysterious message from the future, the team of friends must figure out how to succeed even when they know they are destined to fail. The stakes have never been higher. - - A page-turning, time-travel adventure that teaches powerful lessons about choice and consequence, believing you can do hard things, and valuing our history.

Mazes are a fun, thought-provoking activity for young minds. This creative book will challenge readers to solve a number of entertaining puzzles. They'll learn that with the right techniques and skills, the seemingly impossible is actually possible. Colorful illustrations, accessible language, and relatable characters guide readers through each twist and turn of the maze. Completing a puzzle is a fun goal that will inspire readers to keep going and finish each challenge this captivating book has to offer.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... ing-room, walked heavily with it to that part of the veranda whence the sounds arose, balanced it for a moment on the rail: "Confound those cats!" he said, and flung the water, with a swish, plump onto the devoted head of poor little Miss Spice. Mr. Jellybond heard a half-drowned shriek as he retired to the window. Thence, by the bright moonlight, he watched the little woman, with dripping garments clinging to her limbs, the skimpy tail of her dress draggling behind her and making her look like a white bantam on a wet day, as she stumbled across the lawn and down the drive. "It won't do you any harm, you dear," he said to himself, in his kind-hearted way. He had taken the water from the warm-water tap, so as not to give her too much of a shock. He was such a thoughtful man. L CHAPTER XVII THE day after Miss Spice's serenade, in the early morning, Babs was sitting at her dressing-table having her hair dressed by Bertha, her maid. The glass in front of her was tilted so that she could not see herself when she looked up--a sure sign that Babs was out of sorts. She was at a difficult age, and she had her bad days--days of disgust with everything--when everybody irritated her more or less, and she irritated everybody. "Miss Lorraine, you've got out of bed wrong way first this morning, and if you slap me again I'll have to go and complain to your ma," Bertha was saying, as she wiped the eye which was watering copiously from a back-handed knock from Babs. "You can go and tell the devil if you like," Babs ejaculated. "Your language is most unbecoming, miss." "It's no business of yours what my language is," Babs snapped. "Your duty is to brush my hair and hold your tongue." Bertha tried again, but her pretty, dimpled face was crumpled with a...